I have been looking over the google records of archived newspostings from this group and hav found a staerdy drop since 1999. In october, 99 there were 10301 posts, this october, ther were 713. what gives? where's the new scene?
where has everyone gone?
Nov 27, 2006
4 Replies
Things have not been the same since 9-11-2001.
The new scene is at
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Many, many of the old crowd are nowhere to be found. A few inhabit the two groups above with fake names, but most seem to have lost interest and disappeared into the woodwork.
Ed Cregger
Web forums; specifically R/C Universe. I prefer RC Groups. Some folks still frequent the newsgroup.
Good flying, desmobob
Simultaneous posts, Ed.... :-)
I spent the day at the field today; probably the last day of "normal" flying for the club here in the Northeast unless there's some freak weather later on.
Good flying, desmobob
On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:47:36 GMT, Dinner wrote in :
I think the other fellows have pointed you to the web forums already.
The forums have gotten several million posts, I believe, in these seven years.
FWIW, I still prefer newsgroups for my daily browsing, but I often find good stuff in the forums when using google to answer a particular question.
Marty
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